Principles of Linguistic Change, 3 Volume Set

Written by the world-renowned pioneer in the field of modern sociolinguistics, this three-volume set examines the historical, social, cognitive, and cultural factors responsible for linguistic change. <ul> <li>Presents the results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and motivation of linguistic change</li> <li>Develops the general principles of linguistic change that form the foundations of historical linguistics, dialectology and sociolinguistics</li> <li>Includes the first complete report on the Philadelphia project designed to establish the social location of the leaders of linguistic change</li> <li>Documents the rapid changes in progress in the cities of America and England</li> <li>A newly-complete trilogy that has shaped the course of variationist sociolinguistic inquiry</li> </ul>